#CC6539#CC6539

#CC6539 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.143 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6539
RGB	rgb(204, 101, 57)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 37.70, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 57.15, 48.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.1055 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.143 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2969, 22.4438, 6.6067)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6539 #39A0CC

analogous

#CC3956 #CC6539 #CCAE39

triadic

#CC6539 #39CC65 #6539CC

tetradic

#CC6539 #56CC39 #39A0CC #AE39CC

square

#CC6539 #56CC39 #39A0CC #AE39CC

split-complementary

#CC6539 #39CCAE #3956CC

monochromatic

#6E351C #9F4C29 #CC6539 #D98B6A #E5B19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#CC6539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#CC6539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6539

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6539	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF505B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 101, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.143 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29371',
    500: '#cc6539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6539;
$custom-light: #e29371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.959,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62185,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6539

secondary

#90BDD1

accent

#B3E246

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6539

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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